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A very large and commodious warehouse is built at the head of the basin, which basin is two hundred and twenty yards long and forty broad, from which, to the first lock, a distance of nearly three miles, is level; in the next seventeen chains is a fall of 38 feet 5 inches, by six locks; from thence, to a little above Tinsley Wharf, three quarters of a mile, is level; and from thence to the junction with the Tinsley Cut belonging to the River Dunn Company is a fall of 31 feet 8 inches, by five locks, in a distance of seventeen chains and a half, making a total fall of 70 feet 1 inch.

The act of parliament authorizing this canal was obtained in 1815 by a number of persons, amongst whom were Lord Milton and Sir James Graham, who were incorporated by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield Canal," and are empowered to raise, amongst themselves, for the purposes of this act, the sum of £80,000, in shares of £100 each; and, if necessary, a further sum of £20,000, either amongst themselves, by creation of new shares, or by mortgage of the undertaking as a security. They are empowered to charge the following

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions of a Mile and of a Ton to be charged as the Quarters therein.

Vessels passing any of the Locks of this Canal with less lading than Twenty-five Tons, shall pay a Tonnage Rate for Twenty-five Tons, if there be sufficient Water to pass a Vessel with that Lading; but if the Water in the Lock shall not be sufficient to pass a Vessel with Twenty-five Tons Weight of Lading, they shall then pay for such Lading as the Water would pass.